Apparatus for desiccating eggs.



A. FULLERTON. APPARATUS r011 DESIGGATING EGGS.

APPLICATION FILED 11121113, 1908.

' Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

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APPARATUS FOR DHSIGGATING EGGS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1908.

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v @PARATUS FOR DESICCATIN G EGGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 23, 1909.

' Application filed June a, 1908. Serial No. 436337.-

: To all whom it may concern:

"' Be it known' that I, ALBERT FULLERTON, a citizen iof the United States, residing at Sioux City, in the county of lNOodbury and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in A aratus for Desiceating Eggs, of which the fbllowing is a specificatlon.

This i'nvention relates to certain improvements In apparatus for desiccating e gs, and

more especially to improvements in t 1e feeding and s reading of the film of egg on the tra vcling elt or carrier of the apparatus; and for this pur ose the invention consists of an apparatus or desiccating e gs which comprises an endless traveling elt, drums for supporting the same, means for supplying egg to the 11 per horizontal run of the traveling belt, anc a spreading device for the liquid egg near the point of supply of the same, said spreading device being composed of a number of rows of hinged distributing brushes ar- I\ ange d in conjunction with retaining brushes "located at both sides along the edges of the belt for retaining the egg and keeping the ed es of the belt clear of the same. Tn the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 representsa vertical longitudinal section of my Improved apparatus for desiccating eggs,

- showing the general arrangement of the same,-

2 represents a detail top-view of the eggfeeding and egg-s reading devices; and Fig.

3 is a vertical section on line 3, 3, Fig. '2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

"Referring to the drawings, I) re resents an endless traveling belt made of sheet-metal, preferably zine, which is conducted over two drums a, a one at each end. The shaft of the 40 drumsissupported-in bearings on the framework and driven by suitable power so as to r ate the belt over the drums. The belt passes through suction air ducts. Above the upper suction-duct e and below the lower suetion-air ducts e are arranged hot-air ducts 0 through which the heated air from a suitable heat-source is supplied by means of infc lined nozzles c which are located in close proximity tothe belt in the suction-air ducte. The upper run of the belt is supported by a number of solid roller-carriers] which are placedat some distance from each other on transverse shafts that turn in bearings on the 3 framework of the a )paratus, the ends of the i for serving to guide the I edges of the belt Whilepas'sing throu H the suction-ducts. The lower run of the alt is supported on carrier-disksf having narrow. faces which turn in contact with the dried and hardened surface of the film of eggs.

At the ingoing-end of the traveling belt I), at the point where the horizontal portion of the upper run of the belt commences, are located transversely across the belt several rows 9 of inclined brushes, preferably two rows. Immediately in front of the "distributing brushes one or more feed-pipes h for. the liquid egg are arranged, the egg being delivered on the belt at a oint in front of the first row of brushes. he belt carries the egg supplied by the feed-pipes to the brushes which spread the same in a thin film over the belt. Alongside of the opposite edges of the belt, adjacent to the inclined end brushes, are arranged retaining brushes 9, two of which are shown, which are placed at right angles to the transverse rows of brushes and parallel with the edges of the belt, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The brushes 9 act in the nature of dams for retaining the egg on the belt and preventing its running over the edges of the same. They also keep the edges Of the belt clear of egg. The rows of brushes g are arranged at a short distance 8 from each other at an inclination to the belt, as shown in Fig. 3, the brushes being hinged in any suitable manner to strips g supported on the frame work of the apparatus. By hinging the brushes independently from each other, they can readily pass over any inequalities in the belt. The thickness of the egg-film is determined by the quantity of egg that is permitted to flow and be deposited on the belt from the feed-pipe or pipes 71. \l'hen a thin film is requlred, a smaller quantity of egg is permitted to flow on the belt while when a thicker film is required a larger quantity of egg is deposited on the belt. film of egg distributed uniformly over the same by the spreading brushes through the drying chambers and over the drum at the Opposite end of the belt, back through the dryingchambers at the lower part of the 105.

apparatus and back to a scraping device h arranged at the lower part of the belt about vertically below the feeding and spreading devices-described, so as to scrapeofi the dried film of egg and collectthe same in a 110 The traveling belt carries the suitable receptacle'ready for storage, ship-t! ment and eventual use.

" comprising an endless traveling belt, a feeddevice at the horizontal. ?ortion of the upper run of the belt,- rows 0 spreading brushes arranged transversely to the belt, and retaining brushes arranged atright. angles to the transverse brushes along both edges of thebelt.

' 2. apparatus for desiccating eggs, v consisting 0t an endless traveling belt, a

.feed-pipe or-pipes located at the horizontal presence of two arenas ineiined brushes arranged transversely across the belt, and upright retaining brushes arranged along both edges oflthe belt adj mentto the inclined brushes fo'r reventing the egg from running over the 'e ges of the belt.-

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my nameiu subscribing witnesses.

o ALBERT FULLERTON; VVitnesses: I a l PAUL GOEPEL,

HENRY J. S'UHRBIER 

